Then Herod saw that he had been tricked by the astrologers, and he was very angry, and he sent and made away with all the boys in Bethlehem and in all that neighborhood who were two years old or under, for that was the tune he had learned from the astrologers by his inquiries.

John wore clothing made of hair cloth, and he had a leather belt around his waist, and he lived on dried locusts and wild honey.

Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the summit of the Temple,

"You are the salt of the earth! But if salt loses its strength, how can it be made salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden underfoot.

But if your right eye makes you fall, tear it out and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all thrown into the pit!

If your right hand makes you fall, cut it off and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all go down to the pit!

And the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to go away from their district.

And he immediately made his disciples get into the boat and cross before him to the other side while he dismissed the crowds.

But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is given to God,"

But whoever hinders one of these children who believe in me might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be sunk in the open sea.

"But if your own hand or your own foot makes you fall, cut it off and throw it away. You might better enter upon life maimed or crippled than keep both hands and feet but be thrown into the everlasting fire.

And if your own eye makes you fall, dig it out and throw it away. You might better enter upon life with only one eye than be thrown with both eyes into the fiery pit.

But when the slave went out he met a fellow-slave of his who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'

But he answered, "Did you never read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female,

For some are incapable of marriage from their birth, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

Then some children were brought up to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray, but his disciples reproved the people for it.

and said, 'These men who were hired last worked only one hour, and you have put them on the same footing with us who have done the heavy work of the day and have stood the midday heat.'

This made the king angry, and he sent his troops and put those murderers to death and burned their city.

Then the Pharisees went and made a plot to entrap him in argument.

"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

But in the middle of the night there was a shout 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out and meet him!'

The man who had received the five thousand dollars immediately went into business with the money, and made five thousand more.

In the same way the man who had received the two thousand made two thousand more.

And the man who had received the five thousand dollars came up bringing him five thousand more, and said, 'Sir, you put five thousand dollars in my hands; here I have made five thousand more.'

And the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Sir, you put two thousand dollars into my hands; here I have made two thousand more.'

It might have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to the poor."

But this has all taken place in fulfilment of the writings of the prophets." Then all the disciples left him and made their escape.

Now the high priests and the whole council were trying to get false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a maid came up to him, and said, "You were with Jesus the Galilean, too!"

And he went out into the gateway, and another maid saw him, and said to the men there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene!"

And while the high priests and elders were making their charges against him, he made no answer.

And he made him no reply to even a single accusation, so that the governor was greatly surprised.

and made a wreath of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a stick in his hand, and knelt down before him in mockery, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

And the high priests, too, made sport of him with the scribes and elders, and said,

And Jesus himself met them, and said, "Good morning!" And they went up to him and clasped his feet, and bowed to the ground before him.